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Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 178, no. 34 | thursday march 7, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 12 · Classifieds 13 · Crossword 14 · Sudoku 16 · Sports
Indie cred: director hannah
fidell discusses her new film,
to screen at SXSw. PAGE 5
Doomed : Baseball team
loses from the start against
Cal State fullerton. PAGE 12
international
By dennison GionGco
daily trojan
Chinese ambassadors discussed
the current state of foreign policy
and China’s relationship with other
parts of the world on Wednesday
at the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism.
The USC U.S.-China Institute
hosted three prominent diplomats
from China: former ambassador to
Nigeria and Sweden Lu Fengding,
former ambassador to Turkey and
Canada Mei Ping and Zhou Gang, who
served as the ambassador to Malaysia,
Pakistan, Indonesia and India.
The ambassadors discussed the
betterment of the major bilateral
relationship between the United
States and China.
The connection is particularly
monetary in terms of scale: together,
both the United States and China
occupy one-third of the world’s
economy and one-fifth of the world’s
international trade.
“There is a need to explore ways
that yield a new type of a major power
relationship with the United States,”
Mei said. “The old relationship was
full of rivalry, which has led to world
wars and one cold war. China wants to
break this old type of relationship in
order to construct a new relationship
featured by mutual cooperation.”
The primary goal of the three
former Chinese ambassadors’ trip was
to continue China’s public diplomacy.
The ambassadors said they wanted
to strengthen mutual understanding
between Americans and Chinese.
The ambassadors said they wanted
to improve relations between the two
countries by focusing on economic,
Ambassadors discuss
US-China relations
The diplomats said students
must foster relationships with
their international classmates.
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
Close ties · Former Chinese Ambassador to Canada and Turkey Mei
Ping describes the evolving relationship between China and the U.S.
trend
By isaBella sayyah
daily trojan
Millennials would rather give
up their cars than their technology,
according to the survey.
Those aged 18 to 34 would rather
lose their car than either their
computer or their smartphone. All
other age groups surveyed, including
people 35 to 44, 45 to 54-year-olds
and people more than 55 years of age
ranked a car as their most needed piece
of technology, millennials ranked it as
their third priority. The survey polled
more than 1,000 participants.
Senior Fellow in the Annenberg
Schools’ Center on Communication
Leadership and Policy Morley,
Winograd said millennials’
attachment to technology shows
where they place the most value.
“It’s a reflection of the value
that staying connected brings to
millennials,” said Winograd. “The car
is a transportation device, it gets you
from point A to point B, it’s a solution
to a physical distance problem, but a
smartphone is a solution how to stay
in touch with anyone ... anywhere in
the world,”
Millennials surveyed were also
Millennials
prefer tech
to cars
Fewer students are requesting
on-campus parking permits,
USC Transportation said.
| see DrIvE, page 3 |
| see ChInA, page 6 |
By austin reaGan
daily trojan
With Tuesday’s Los Angeles
mayoral primary over, runoff
candidates Councilmember Eric
Garcetti and City Controller Wendy
Greuel must seek endorsements,
experts said during a weekly
political panel on Wednesday in
the Ronald Tutor Campus Center.
The Student Talk Back
discussion, hosted by the USC
Dornsife College’s Jesse M. Unruh
Institute, the USC Price Tomas
Rivera Policy Institute and
the USC Price Judith and John
Bedrosian Center on Governance
and Public Enterprise, featured
four panelists and was moderated
by local political strategist Matt
Rodriguez and Daily Trojan News
Editor Yasmeen Serhan. Tuesday’s
election resulted in Greuel and
Garcetti advancing to the run-off
election on May 21. Garcetti
won 33 percent of the primary
election vote and Greuel garnered
29 percent of the vote.
Panelists said Garcetti and
Greuel’s must appeal to undecided
voters in the next 11 weeks of the
campaign. USC College Democrats
President Aaron Taxy said that
both Garcetti and Greuel will
must vie for voters who previosly
supported James Kevin and Jan
Perry.
“Thirty-three percent of the
electorate is undecided,” Taxy
said. “Endorsements from Perry
and James will be very important
in determining who ultimately
becomes the next mayor.”
All panelists agreed that
endorsements — not issue
positions — would be the deciding
factor in the mayoral race.
“As we move forward, voters
aren’t going to be as concerned with
where Garcetti and Greuel stand
on the issues, largely because they
share many of the same positions,”
said Communications and Media
Relations Director for the Los
Angeles Unified School District
Thomas Waldman. “What matters
now is who will be supporting
whom, and whether you like that
candidate or not.”
Waldman said an endorsement
from outgoing Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa will be a distinctive
factor in Garcetti or Greuel
winning the election.
“If I were one of the candidates,
I would be actively trying to get the
mayor’s endorsement,” Waldman
said. “He’s leaving office fairly
popular and, as the first Latino
mayor, that endorsement would be
huge.”
The group also acknowledged
the importance of reformed fiscal
measures, education and public
Experts, students analyze city primary election results
Panelists said runoff
candidates need to reach
out to different voting bases.
| see ElECtIon , page 3 |
politiCS
Community
By isaBella sayyah
daily trojan
The Good Neighbors Campaign,
exceeding its fundraising goal for the
20th year in a row, raised more than
$1.6 million for local communities
this year, USC announced
Wednesday.
The campaign, which aims to
raise money to support residents
living near both the University Park
Campus and the Health Sciences
Campus, has raised $16 million since
former USC President Steven Sample
established the program in 1994.
The Good Neighbors Campaign
was created on the premise that the
Campaign
surpasses
funding goals
The Good Neighbors
Campaign has raised more
than $16 million since 1994.
| see DonAtE, page 3 |
rachel Bracker | Daily Trojan
Debrief · Media Relations Director Thomas Waldman (left to right), College Democrats President Aaron Taxy, Civic Initiatives Vice
President Sam Garrison and College Republicans member Andrew Murcia emphasized the need for both candidates to secure Latino votes.

Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 178, no. 34 | thursday march 7, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 12 · Classifieds 13 · Crossword 14 · Sudoku 16 · Sports
Indie cred: director hannah
fidell discusses her new film,
to screen at SXSw. PAGE 5
Doomed : Baseball team
loses from the start against
Cal State fullerton. PAGE 12
international
By dennison GionGco
daily trojan
Chinese ambassadors discussed
the current state of foreign policy
and China’s relationship with other
parts of the world on Wednesday
at the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism.
The USC U.S.-China Institute
hosted three prominent diplomats
from China: former ambassador to
Nigeria and Sweden Lu Fengding,
former ambassador to Turkey and
Canada Mei Ping and Zhou Gang, who
served as the ambassador to Malaysia,
Pakistan, Indonesia and India.
The ambassadors discussed the
betterment of the major bilateral
relationship between the United
States and China.
The connection is particularly
monetary in terms of scale: together,
both the United States and China
occupy one-third of the world’s
economy and one-fifth of the world’s
international trade.
“There is a need to explore ways
that yield a new type of a major power
relationship with the United States,”
Mei said. “The old relationship was
full of rivalry, which has led to world
wars and one cold war. China wants to
break this old type of relationship in
order to construct a new relationship
featured by mutual cooperation.”
The primary goal of the three
former Chinese ambassadors’ trip was
to continue China’s public diplomacy.
The ambassadors said they wanted
to strengthen mutual understanding
between Americans and Chinese.
The ambassadors said they wanted
to improve relations between the two
countries by focusing on economic,
Ambassadors discuss
US-China relations
The diplomats said students
must foster relationships with
their international classmates.
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
Close ties · Former Chinese Ambassador to Canada and Turkey Mei
Ping describes the evolving relationship between China and the U.S.
trend
By isaBella sayyah
daily trojan
Millennials would rather give
up their cars than their technology,
according to the survey.
Those aged 18 to 34 would rather
lose their car than either their
computer or their smartphone. All
other age groups surveyed, including
people 35 to 44, 45 to 54-year-olds
and people more than 55 years of age
ranked a car as their most needed piece
of technology, millennials ranked it as
their third priority. The survey polled
more than 1,000 participants.
Senior Fellow in the Annenberg
Schools’ Center on Communication
Leadership and Policy Morley,
Winograd said millennials’
attachment to technology shows
where they place the most value.
“It’s a reflection of the value
that staying connected brings to
millennials,” said Winograd. “The car
is a transportation device, it gets you
from point A to point B, it’s a solution
to a physical distance problem, but a
smartphone is a solution how to stay
in touch with anyone ... anywhere in
the world,”
Millennials surveyed were also
Millennials
prefer tech
to cars
Fewer students are requesting
on-campus parking permits,
USC Transportation said.
| see DrIvE, page 3 |
| see ChInA, page 6 |
By austin reaGan
daily trojan
With Tuesday’s Los Angeles
mayoral primary over, runoff
candidates Councilmember Eric
Garcetti and City Controller Wendy
Greuel must seek endorsements,
experts said during a weekly
political panel on Wednesday in
the Ronald Tutor Campus Center.
The Student Talk Back
discussion, hosted by the USC
Dornsife College’s Jesse M. Unruh
Institute, the USC Price Tomas
Rivera Policy Institute and
the USC Price Judith and John
Bedrosian Center on Governance
and Public Enterprise, featured
four panelists and was moderated
by local political strategist Matt
Rodriguez and Daily Trojan News
Editor Yasmeen Serhan. Tuesday’s
election resulted in Greuel and
Garcetti advancing to the run-off
election on May 21. Garcetti
won 33 percent of the primary
election vote and Greuel garnered
29 percent of the vote.
Panelists said Garcetti and
Greuel’s must appeal to undecided
voters in the next 11 weeks of the
campaign. USC College Democrats
President Aaron Taxy said that
both Garcetti and Greuel will
must vie for voters who previosly
supported James Kevin and Jan
Perry.
“Thirty-three percent of the
electorate is undecided,” Taxy
said. “Endorsements from Perry
and James will be very important
in determining who ultimately
becomes the next mayor.”
All panelists agreed that
endorsements — not issue
positions — would be the deciding
factor in the mayoral race.
“As we move forward, voters
aren’t going to be as concerned with
where Garcetti and Greuel stand
on the issues, largely because they
share many of the same positions,”
said Communications and Media
Relations Director for the Los
Angeles Unified School District
Thomas Waldman. “What matters
now is who will be supporting
whom, and whether you like that
candidate or not.”
Waldman said an endorsement
from outgoing Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa will be a distinctive
factor in Garcetti or Greuel
winning the election.
“If I were one of the candidates,
I would be actively trying to get the
mayor’s endorsement,” Waldman
said. “He’s leaving office fairly
popular and, as the first Latino
mayor, that endorsement would be
huge.”
The group also acknowledged
the importance of reformed fiscal
measures, education and public
Experts, students analyze city primary election results
Panelists said runoff
candidates need to reach
out to different voting bases.
| see ElECtIon , page 3 |
politiCS
Community
By isaBella sayyah
daily trojan
The Good Neighbors Campaign,
exceeding its fundraising goal for the
20th year in a row, raised more than
$1.6 million for local communities
this year, USC announced
Wednesday.
The campaign, which aims to
raise money to support residents
living near both the University Park
Campus and the Health Sciences
Campus, has raised $16 million since
former USC President Steven Sample
established the program in 1994.
The Good Neighbors Campaign
was created on the premise that the
Campaign
surpasses
funding goals
The Good Neighbors
Campaign has raised more
than $16 million since 1994.
| see DonAtE, page 3 |
rachel Bracker | Daily Trojan
Debrief · Media Relations Director Thomas Waldman (left to right), College Democrats President Aaron Taxy, Civic Initiatives Vice
President Sam Garrison and College Republicans member Andrew Murcia emphasized the need for both candidates to secure Latino votes.